After upgrading my K3 with some of the new boards from the K3S, I tested my K144XV module by hitting the local repeater (about 1.5 miles from my roof mounted antenna). It came back to me so I assumed everything was OK.

Then my wife (KI6SLX) acted as net control using the K3. Everyone thought she was very scratchy. I hooked up a power/SWR meeter to the antenna feed and it showed almost no power output. I opened up the radio, reseated the TMP connectors, and the power came back to normal.

Moral: Watch those TMP connectors.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 7/24/16 at 9:34 AM, r...@cobi.biz (Ron D'Eau Claire) wrote:

If it's dead in all modes, or especially if it is intermittent, check to be
sure the antenna cable is properly inserted in the TMP connector at the
K144XV module.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Frantz        |The nice thing about standards| Periwinkle
(408)356-8506 |is there are so many to choose| 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com |from. - Andrew Tanenbaum | Los Gatos, CA 95032

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com

Reply via email to